U.S. Court Upholds Florida Interior Design Licensure Law

As the trend toward patient-centered design takes hold in more and more hospital settings, the line between health care and hospitality design is becoming increasingly blurry. And as research from evidence-based design projects confirms, patients recover more quickly and medical staff experience higher levels of job satisfaction in environments that are...

U.S. Circuit Court Upholds Florida Interior Design Licensure Law
The United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit has ruled that a statute in the state of Florida requiring commercial interior designers to obtain a license to practice is constitutional. The ruling is a blow to the Institute of Justice, the Virginia-based public interest law firm that originally challenged the law in Federal court, claiming that the statute censors free speech and unreasonably interferes with people’s ability to earn an honest living.Read more »

IIDA Announces Winning Projects for Interior Design and Will Ching Design Competitions
The International Interior Design Association is pleased to announce the winners of two of the Association's prestigious interior design competitions: the 38th annual Interior Design Competition and the 19th annual Will Ching Design Competition. The winners demonstrate the remarkable breadth of project types that design can touch, and yet share a common ability to challenge our thinking and inspire our ambitions.Read more »

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